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This question is about medical transcriptionist demographics.
90.3% of medical transcriptionists are female in the United States. This is 0.5 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female medical transcriptionists has decreased by -8.5 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 46,605 female medical transcriptionists in the U.S. and 5,007 male medical transcriptionists in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 51,612 people with the specific job title of medical transcriptionist and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Medical Transcriptionists | Male Medical Transcriptionists | Percentage Female Medical Transcriptionists | Percentage Male Medical Transcriptionists | |
| 2019 | 307 | 32 | 90.3% | 9.7% | |
| 2018 | 282 | 31 | 89.8% | 10.2% | |
| 2017 | 255 | 17 | 93.6% | 6.4% | |
| 2016 | 248 | 9 | 96.2% | 3.8% | |
| 2015 | 274 | 5 | 98.1% | 1.9% | |
| 2014 | 313 | 3 | 98.8% | 1.2% | |
| 2013 | 331 | 5 | 98.4% | 1.6% | |
| 2012 | 345 | 4 | 98.8% | 1.2% | |
| 2011 | 427 | 3 | 99.3% | 0.7% | |
| 2010 | 444 | 5 | 98.8% | 1.2% |

Additionally, female medical transcriptionists tend to be older than male medical transcriptionists. The average age of a female medical transcriptionist is 43.4, while the average age of a male medical transcriptionist is 25.4.
While the majority of U.S. medical transcriptionists are female in 2022, there are still some occupations where males dominate. For example, 70% of masseur are male. On the other hand, some medical transcriptionist jobs are dominated by females. 92% of pathology transcriptionist, for instance, are female.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among medical transcriptionists. The average male medical transcriptionist earns an average annual salary of $44,990, while the average female medical transcriptionist earns an average annual income of $43,909, meaning female medical transcriptionists make 98 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are medical transcriptionists jobs male or female dominated?
Medical Transcriptionist jobs are female dominated. 90.3% of medical transcriptionists are female and 9.700000000000003% of medical transcriptionists are male in the United States.
How has the number of female medical transcriptionists changed over time?
The number of female medical transcriptionists has decreased by -8.5% since 2010. In 2010, there were 98.8% female medical transcriptionists and the latest data shows that there are 90.3% female medical transcriptionists in the U.S.

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